Main,+Diane

Introduce Yourself



 * //Name://** Diane Main


 * //Where do you live?://** San Jose, California


 * //Background://** Grew up in New Jersey, began teaching there, in public schools, in 1992-1993. Moved to California in Summer 1997, have taught in private schools here. Youngest of four children to naturalized American citizen parents who were both from Britain. Married to Alec going on ten years, we have a son, Cameron, who is five and a half. Also have two pets: a Russian tortoise named Shelby and a box turtle named Terry. I work in a private Christian school where my son attends (kindergarten). I speak at conferences, work a summer job as a peer coach overseeing bloggers, and I just became the Technology Subject Matter Expert for HotChalk's new Technology site for educators. I research my British and Irish family history, go geocaching with family and friends, take lots of pictures and even some videos, and spend far too much time online.


 * //Teaching Experience://** For more information, see resume at []
 * Two years inner city junior high school (NJ)
 * Two years suburban elementary and middle schools (NJ)
 * One year subbing (NJ)
 * One year 4th grade (CA)
 * One and a half years teaching grades 1-8 computers as a contractor (CA)
 * Seven months living in Ireland
 * Five years 5th grade (CA)
 * One year 6th grade (CA)
 * Starting fourth year back in grades 1-8 technology (CA)

1. Geocaching (even though that doesn't exactly count) 2. SingStar/RockBand/Guitar Hero -- I love to sing and play music, and I know a LOT of songs 3. MahJong type tile games on my iPhone
 * //Your 3 Favorite Games: (Educational or not)//**

Your Assignments
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Learning Motivation and Fun Analysis

Board Game Writeup

eGame Writeup

September's Blog Post September's 3 comments 1. Video Comment regarding Dungeons & Dragons (and some follow-up) 2. Video Comment regarding Who Invented FarmVille? 3. Video Comment regarding You Go, Girl!

October's Blog Post October's 3 comments 1. Video Comment regarding Clue and de-sensitizing children to violence 2. Video Comment regarding that Really Bad Board Game about teens and the mall (ew) 3. Video Comment regarding "Scene It" game

November's Blog Post November's 3 comments 1. Video Comment regarding Call of Duty 4. (second comment) 2. Video Comment regarding electronic Scrabble-like games (second comment) 3. Video Comment regarding Grand Theft Auto (fourth comment)